Activities

The Museum is an inspirational place where you can listen to stories, carry out experiments, observe historical objects and thus become familiar with topics related to science and technology, belonging to our everyday life. The Museum offers several opportunities: visits in exhibition areas, activities in i. labs and outside the Museum, educational kits, training courses for teachers, workshops and educational projects. Moreover, meetings with scientists and experts, exhibitions, concerts, film festivals, theatre shows and performances, thematic weekends and summer camps.

WORKSHOP

9-13 Sep 2013

FEAST International Training Course open for museum explainers

The FEAST International Training is a five-day interactive and intensive training that will include workshops, debates and presentations from experienced European trainers. The course will be organized by a group of partner institutions which are currently involved in the EU funded project FEAST (Facilitating the Engagement of Adults in Science and Technology, www.feastportal.eu/partners) and hosted by Science Center NEMO in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 9 to 13 September 2013.

Registration for the Course is open until the 12th of August 2013. The Course participation fee (including lunches) is €400.

Grundtvig Grants: The European Commission offers a grant opportunity in order to cover your fees and expenses. The code for the course is: NL-2013-344-001.

Find more information about the Training Week, registration form and Grundtvig Grant on the FEAST website.

EXHIBITIONS

The Museum proposes exhibitions which tell the story of science and technology and explore the frontiers of scientific research and technological development. Exhibitions are an extension and an enrichment of permanent displays, focusing on topics which belong to our everyday life.

24th June 2012- 31th December 2013

Technologies that count

The exhibition dedicated to the history of automatic calculation and informatics presents the most remarkable moments, the most representative characters, the most important technological machines and innovations which characterized it.

24th September 2011

Open packaging!

Used to package goods, they concern both the material and functional aspects of the container, as well as its visual and communicative features.

Theatre at the Museum

Science is on stage! Visits with characters in costumes, performances and theatre shows to experience first hand the exciting and amusing story of great scientists and their discoveries.

Music and dance

Art meets Science in the events devoted to music and dance. Shows, concerts and dance performances: a different way to get to know the Museum and its objects.

Shows and festivals

The Museum organizes and contributes to the realization of film festivals and shows.

Summer Camps

A unique opportunity to spend the summer with group activities and interactive labs, thematic games and amusing explorations of historical collections, thus discovering science and technology.

Night at the Museum

Visiting the Museum at night when it is closed and there are no other visitors is an unforgettable adventure. You have the chance the explore its rooms in an unconventional and stimulating way, taking part in narrations of stories and role plays, to discover historical objects and characters.

Workshops for museum professionals

A series of workshops addressed to museum professionals on conservation, restoration and exhibition of material vestiges linked to the history of science, technology and industry.

Minikit - Leonardo for families

An amusing tool to play all together and discover new facts about Leonardo and his brilliant projects.
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